Posts Tagged ‘Household Items’

Candle Making - How to Get Going

As the art of making candles has been around for over a millenium, don’t be surprised if it last for a couple more. What was once a night time necessity is now a source of pleasure and enjoyment.
Learning How to Make Candles is something that is being passed down from parent to child with each [...]

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Delft Pottery of The Netherlands

(All Auctions Shown are Ebay Results)Delftware, or Delft pottery, refers to the blue and white pottery made in and around Delft in the Netherlands, and includes objects such as plates, ornaments and tiles. It also includes the tin-glazed pottery made in the Netherlands from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. Delftware is a [...]

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Antiques and Collectibles - Investing During a Recession - The Antiques and Collectibles Market

To some people, collectibles are nothing more than a set of useless items that serve no purpose; after all, who needs ten sets of salt and pepper shakers or fifty snow globes? But to those who do actually have an interest in them, antique collectibles especially can be very valuable. While many have no [...]

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Vaseline Glass and Uranium Glass

(All Auctions Shown are Ebay Results)Vaseline Glass is a form of uranium glass which is yellow-green in color. Vaseline glass is made by adding 2% uranium dioxide to the ingredients when the glass formula is made, turning the glass yellow-green. Uranium, usually in oxide diuranate form, is added to a glass mix prior [...]

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What is Art Deco?

(All Auctions Shown are Ebay Results)The Diva is a lover of all things Art Deco, from works of art to clothing, jewelry and architecture. Art Deco was a major decorative style of the early 1900s, beginning in Europe and culminating in the 1925 Exposition des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes, from which the shortened [...]

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